strcmp returns 0 if the two strings are equal.
In any case, why not just do
if ($city == $city_new) $error = true;
> -----Original Message-----
> From: andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:10 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] comparing strings does not work
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I would like to compare 2 strings.
>
> I do always get a 0 return (not equal) but they are
> difinatelly equal, I
> double checked it. They are just in two different vars.
>
> Here is how I did it:
>
> if (strcmp($city, $city_new) != 0) $error = true;
>
> Does anybody see the error? Or am I going the wrong way?
>
> Andy
>
>
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